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- From: sorbrrse@rtsg.mot.com (Russell E. Sorber)
- Subject: Re: 2H Smoke and Gov't Rules
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.002954.18064@rtsg.mot.com>
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- References: <carlp.726351024@frigg> <1993Jan9.020219.26670@rtsg.mot.com> <carlp.726694206@frigg>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:29:54 GMT
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- In article <carlp.726694206@frigg> carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) writes:
- >
- >>carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) writes:
- >>>schwartz@nynexst.com (Steven Schwartz) writes:
- >>>
- >>>>On the news this morning: Second-hand cigarette smoke has been
- >>>>"officially" classified as hazardous, in the same category as
- >>>>asbestos.
- >>>
- >(Russ Writes)
- >>carcinogen. There are little if any use for second hand smoke
- >
- (Carl Writes)
- >Indeed. "Everything not required is forbidden".
- >
-
- No, a health hazard that is shown to be responsible for thousands of
- deaths is restricted, improving the health of many and
- the insurance costs of everyone. 2H smoke is at least as dangerous
- as asbestos and well deserves it's new classification.
- From firsthand experience I know that even small amounts of 2H
- smoke can cause health problems and the studies in JAMA and
- public health journals agree with my experience.
-
- At highest risk are said to be children (not "children of smokers")
- elderly, and those with respiratory disorders.
- Perhaps the reason some don't see a problem is that
- they are not in one of these categories. I'm in the respiratory disorder
- category(as is 5-10% of the population) and can say that long term exposure
- to 2H smoke is not always necessary for a problem to develop.
- Only a few minutes of smoke could send an asthmatic to the hospital gasping
- for breath after bronchospasms have been started by the smoke.
-
- (Carl Writes, arguing against dedicated taxes for health purposes )
- >"A few dollars" (hundreds of thousands) came out of a fund
- >collected exclusively FROM motorcyclists, supposed to be
- >exclusively FOR motorcyclist education. The concept of having
- >those who need services pay for those services. Gov. Edgar and
- >the legislature forgot that those dollars WEREN'T THEIRS TO
- >SPEND! They were (should have been) property of people who have
- >IL motorcycle licenses; those people wanted them spent on rider
- >education and accident prevention.
- >
- >The _point_ was that once you give money to the government, you
- >have absolutely no control over how it's spent, despite any
- >advance promises about the target of your money.
-
- Political promises are often broken.
- The only control is to vote them out of office.
- I suspect Carls dedication to motorcycling would be in the minority
- at the polling place, though. Most voters would want the
- government to break its promise to motorcyclists before it left
- bills from hospitals, schools or pharmacies unpaid.
- Perhaps a private group should do the collection of money
- and the education of cyclists?
-
-
-
- --
- Russ Sorber, CDP
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